Fastener for jewelry.



No. 726,983. PATENTED MAY 5, 1903. J. PEJGHAR.

PASTBNER FOR JEWELRY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 51 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 5, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEF PEJOHAR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO GEIGER & BAUER, OF

1 NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM.

FASTEN ER FOR JEWELRY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,983, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed February 5, 1903. Serial No. 142,032. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEF PEJCHAR, a citizen of Austria-Hun gary,re sidin g at New York city, Bronx, county of Westchester, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Jewelry, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a fastener for j ewelry which is so constructed that it may be readily closed and that accidental opening is prevented.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of my improved fastener; Fig. 2, a 4

side view thereof, showing it open; Fig. 3, a similar View showing it closed; Fig. 3 an enlarged perspective view of the keeper; Fig. 4, an enlarged cross-section on line 4: 4:, Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a longitudinal section of part of the fastener; Fig. 6, a cross-section on line 6 6, Fig. 5; Fig. '7, a side view of a modification of the fastener, and Fig. 8 a longitudinal section of part of the same.

The letter a represents a breast-pin or other article of jewelry provided with the fastening-pin b, hinged to post a! The free end of pin 1) is engaged. by a keeper d, hinged at d to a post a, which is provided with a grooved seat 6 for pin b. The keeper is U-shaped, being closed on top and open at the bottom and of a width to snugly embrace the pin. At its forward end the keeper is provided with two diverging spring-jaws 01 which permit the ready engagement of the pin by the keeper and serve to clamp the parts together.

At its rear end'and back of the post 6 the keeper is perforated, as at 01 Fig. 3, for accommodating the free end of the pin, which projects to a slight extent beyond the closed section of the keeper, and thus obtains a bearing upon thesame.

In use the keeper is swung up, Fig. 2, the pin b folded upon the grooved seat e of post 6, and then the keeper is swung down to embrace the pin, Fig. 3. In this position the parts are securely interlocked, and any accidental opening of the fastener is prevented.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the perforation f of keeper f is formed above the post g in lieu of being formed at the back thereof. In this modification the free end of the pin h must be bent upward, as at h, to engage the perforation f.

What I claim is' 1. A fastener for jewelry composed of a pin, and of a pivoted 'U-shaped keeper having a pair of front spring-jaws and a rear perforation, substantially as specified.

2. In a fastener for jewelry, a pin, and a grooved post, combined with a U shaped keeper pivoted tothe post and havinga pair of front spring-jaws and a rear perforation,

substantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, New York,

this lth day of February, 1903.

JOSEF PEJOHAR. 

